Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-01-21
BRATTIEBORO JANUARY
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Fred Lovelace Of Brockton, Ne, fell in
to the hopper Of the bark mill there last
week Friday night, and was literally ground
to pieces His death was almost mstauta
neous lie was 30 years old and leaves a
widow and five children.
\ vessel with 100000 pounds Of giant
powder on board went ashore near San
Francisco, opposite the famous Cliff House,
Saturday evening. The crew was rescued.
While striking against the rock the powder
was ignited, and terrific explosion follow
ed. wrecking property in the vicinity and
injuring three of the life saving crew, who
were in their house on the shore
The Middlesex bleachery in Somcrville,
Mass. was damaged to the amount Of SO
600 at midnight last Monday bv the cxplo-
sion Of the boiler. No one was hurt
A Mason City ia } man has invented a
highspeed compound engine composed of
only seven parts, which makes 2OO0 revoll-
tiuns II minute Every part runs in oil.
There is no feature Of it in common with
the engine NO valves, port holes. eccen-
trio, cross head, packing boxes, valves or
dead centres.
A misplaced switch on the Montpelier
and Wells river railroad near Barre June
ton, two miles from Montpelier, dumped
two ears down IA bank Monday evening.
and the wife of Rev G.. H. Farnsworth Of
Groton was badly injured in the back
Other passengers were shaken up, but not
badly hurt Mrs Farnswurth was taken 10
the residence of Superintendent W. A.
Stowell in Montpelier and cared for.
The murderer of Charles A. Hawks of
Bennington, who was pushed from the roof
Of his building two weeks ago, is not yet
found, but 1t is supposed that he is secreted
not far from Bennington The public seem
Ia Ice of the opinion that $500 is a small re
ward To- offer for a murderer and that If the
amount was increased the man Meagher
would bc brought to light His friends pro
test that he is not hiding from the charge of
murder, but to escape punishment for sell
ing liquor, rs there is an indictment against
him for that offence.
Five masked men were discovered rob
bling a freight car un the Pan Handle rail
road near Pittsburg. Pa. last week, Of
rifles, pistols and ammunition. They escap-
ed after shooting and badly wounding one
of the parties who detected them. It is
pretended that they were socialists.
G. II. Colt, of New York, owner of the
IUuntloNs, accepts the challenge Of Capt
Bush Of the English yacht Coromet to sail
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for SiU,OUU sweepstakes
Four men We're hanged at Fort Smith,
Ark, Inst week Friday for murders com
mitted in the Indian territory.
The Western express on the Fitchburg
railroad was wrecked Sunday afternoon at
Westminster. Mass "A broken rail west of
the depot at the switch causing the derail
ment. The train consisted of three Pull
4 al 4
/ baggage ear. The engine. baggage car aud
one sleeper went over the rail safely. The
sleeper Iadoga was completely overturned.
and ran II distance Of one eighth " nlr
ON It's side. The sleeper Newcastle was
smashed in at the forward end The pas
Senger coach was twisted sideways off the
/ track, the smoker clinging b. the track
/ SIX freight cars ON side track were sent
over un their sides and the two main tracks
were completely hlockalrd Il i. rcmarka
ble that no one was seriously INJURED. hut
beyond II few slight bruises the passengers
escaped
BoOde Alderman McQuade went tn Sing
Sing Monday. his lawyers having exhausted
in vain every legal device tu secure "A new
/ trial lie was put tn work in the laundry
department.
A l6-years old son Of Emerson Pratt Of
Whitehall. y. y, committed suicide bv
shooting himself in the head last Saturday
-Four dead bpdic, churrrd beyond rerug
milton, were found Monday IN the debris Of
freight ear which was burned at Paducah
by, on the Chesapeake, Ohio aud South
western railway. They are supposed u
have been tramps stealing Il ride
Edward Livingstone Noumans. one Of the
editors Of the Popular Science Monthly
and widely known "a, a writer on scientific
subjects. Is dead at the age Of - wears.
Last week Thursday mass of rock at
Niagara Falls measuring 60 feet wide 100
feet long and 10 deep fell from the bank
into the river. The great accumulation of
lee upon IT was the occasion. and the crash
was heard and felt for miles
While Richard Brennan and Octave
Tracky were descending Nolm's shaft,
Mlnerville, Essex county, Monday, the car,
when partly down, suddenly left the track
throwing them out. Brennan succeeded in
grasping the timbers Of the slide and es-
capped injury, but Tracky plunged headlong
down the shaft POO feet, and was instantly
killed The unfortunate man leaves a
wife and seven children in destitute circum-
stances.
4 Louisville, Ky, despatch saws: "A
NAhkhisAi anu lhAtAi hhlllllhi LUX DAdct Tues
day in ear on the Air Line railroad be-
tween an Attorney bull and a stallion The
two animals were boxed in car Monday
morning at Depaw Ind, by g. Edenberg.
local dealer, for shipment 10 this city. A
strong partition was built between them.
and the ear was attached 10 a local freight
The train was running near New Albon
about / p. NJ, when a brakeman passing
over the car heard believing beneath and.
climbing down the side Of the car. found
that the partition between the animals had
been broken down and the mad hiutes " ere
engaged in deadly combat The train was
stopped, and the crew gathered around the
car, but no means could Ice devised for stop
ping the fight The iron heels Of the game
horse were planted with telling effect upon
the bulls head, aud the horse was gored in
IA terrible manner. Finally the stallion got
IN blow between the eyes Of the bull and
the animal fell dead The horse is 50 badly
injured that he will also die The combat
lasted ~ minutes